U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
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A total of 399 cases connected to border enforcement have been filed in the Southern District of Texas between December 19 and January 2, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 21-year-old resident of San Antonio, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition into Mexico.
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A former executive director and CEO of a veterans homeless shelter in Brenham, Texas, has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for misusing federal grant funds.
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A total of 275 cases have been filed related to immigration and border security from December 12 to 18, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the Southern District of Texas.
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A federal grand jury in Houston has unsealed a six-count second superseding indictment charging four Venezuelan nationals, including alleged senior leaders of Tren de Aragua (TdA), with terrorism and international drug distribution.
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A Houston-based company specializing in ocean bottom node seismic acquisition services has paid more than $4 million to settle allegations related to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney...
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A former corrections officer from Laredo, Texas, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting two female inmates. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Hector Humberto Rodriguez Jr., 29, pleaded guilty on...
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Two men from Albertville, Alabama, have pleaded guilty to charges related to smuggling over 500 firearms and large quantities of ammunition into Mexico.
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A Houston man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing bulk crystal methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A total of 294 cases related to immigration and border security were filed in the Southern District of Texas from December 5 to December 11, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Two Corpus Christi residents, Jonathan Stein, 20, and Alvaro Martinez, 21, have been sentenced for a series of aggravated robberies that took place over the Christmas holiday in 2024.
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A 25-year-old Houston man, Brice Andrew Flickinger, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for coercion and enticement of a minor.
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A Brownsville resident, Christian Ivan Hernandez, 30, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport more than 100 undocumented immigrants.
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Two businessmen have been arrested for allegedly violating U.S. export control laws in a case involving the illegal export of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas have filed 316 cases related to immigration and border security offenses between November 28 and December 4, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Nigerian national living illegally in Houston has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a business email compromise conspiracy and a romance scam that targeted victims across the United States, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney...
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a human smuggling incident that took place earlier this year, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Mexican national residing illegally in Laredo, Texas, has been convicted on multiple counts of drug trafficking and unlawful possession of a machine gun.
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A man from Rio Grande City, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
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A Mexican national, Mario Alberto Almanzan-Mata, age 23, has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States.